but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.

And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.

Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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And be

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.
Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

A reason

Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

The hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

General references

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

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